An early glimpse down the rabbit hole

Over at Twitchfilm, Mike Sizemore offers up this review of ALICE IN WONDERLAND from the Thursday night Royal premiere in London. In short, he loved it. And as to the high-profile performers?

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" (Johnny) Depp makes an excellent Hatter. Traumatised and suffering from split personalities it's a nice touch that in his few coherent moments he seems aware that he's gone insane allowing Depp to briefly add a little humanity to the character. Everyone else seems to revel in the process, Helena Bonham Carter probably having the most fun as the large headed Red Queen. Stealing every scene is Matt Lucas as both Tweedledee and Tweedledum, but special attention should be given to the central performance. ... As Alice, (Mia) Wasikowska not only manages to hold her own against a cast of acting heavyweights she's also one of the very few fully human performances - shrinking and growing moments aside - and she positively shines in every scene. As very difficult it is to step into the shoes of such a well loved character, Wasikowska does so with relish and makes Alice her own."

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Read the whole review here.

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Over at Twitchfilm, Mike Sizemore offers up this review of ALICE IN WONDERLAND from the Thursday night Royal premiere in London. In short, he loved it. And as to the high-profile performers?

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" (Johnny) Depp makes an excellent Hatter. Traumatised and suffering from split personalities it's a nice touch that in his few coherent moments he seems aware that he's gone insane allowing Depp to briefly add a little humanity to the character. Everyone else seems to revel in the process, Helena Bonham Carter probably having the most fun as the large headed Red Queen. Stealing every scene is Matt Lucas as both Tweedledee and Tweedledum, but special attention should be given to the central performance. ... As Alice, (Mia) Wasikowska not only manages to hold her own against a cast of acting heavyweights she's also one of the very few fully human performances - shrinking and growing moments aside - and she positively shines in every scene. As very difficult it is to step into the shoes of such a well loved character, Wasikowska does so with relish and makes Alice her own."